Watch: Ai Weiwei reacts to unsurprising verdict against him

Dissident artist extraordinaire Ai Weiwei was resigned but defiant after a Beijing court rejected his second appeal against charges of tax-evasion. The verdict, which came as a shock to absolutely no-one, was a demonstration Ai said, of China’s “barbaric and backward legal system.”Ai will continue to fight the case, stating: “We’re not going to pay the fine because we don’t recognize the charge, and I think they’re probably too embarrassed to come and ask for it.”Reuters reporter Sui-Lee Wee provides this neat example of why Ai has attracted so much support and respect from around the world: